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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

She Is Mine

By Stephanie Fast

Imagine. Imagine that everyone around you treats you differently from
others. Imagine that they call you "tougee" and even though you
don't understand what the word means, you know how it makes you feel.
Imagine that you are abandoned by your family, left on a train...alone.
Imagine that you have to make your way in the world and that nobody will help
you. Imagine that you have to survive harsh winters, dig up, catch or steal
food and make clothes out of straw for warmth. Now imagine that at the
start of your journey you are only four years old.

In her new book She is Mine, author Stephanie Fast takes her readers on an
emotional roller coaster as she describes in horrifying detail the trying
ordeal she endured as a young girl struggling to survive in South Korea
following the Korean War. The daughter of an American soldier and an unwed
Korean mother, this nameless child is unwanted and unwelcomed not just by her
family, but by everyone she meets.

As you read this account, you will not help but become emotionally involved
in the story, turning page after page, praying for a good outcome, for someone
to take notice.As a parent your heart
will ache for this child, for the physical and emotional trauma she suffers and
the innocence that is lost. You will shed tears of sorrow as you are reminded
of the tender young age of the one suffering. You will want to hold onto your
own children tightly and vow again to shield them from all the darkness of this
world. As a human being you will be enraged at the countless abuses she endures
by total strangers simply because she was born of the wrong parents. Through it
all, your soul will give thanks as you see the hand of Providence in the rare
kindnesses shown and rejoice as she comes to know the One Who loved her when nobody else did.

In many ways, this book would be at home on a shelf in the “Horror” section of
a book store because it is truly a horror story. It is also a story of
survival, of living, when it seems impossible. Perhaps, the most compelling (and
the most horrifying thing) about it is that it is a true story. It really
happened. It still happens today. Ms. Fast writes “At this moment, there are an estimated 143 million orphans throughout the
world who have been abandoned or abused. All are crying out or a caring person
to deliver them from the hands of their oppressors.”

If you are not prepared to be moved… if you are not prepared to be shaken to
the core with abundant emotion, do not read this book. However, if you are
willing to open your mind to the plight of millions of children, then pick up this
book. Sit down, open it, read it, weep, mourn and prepare to be changed as your mind is made aware not just of tragedy but also of hope that exists all around you.

This reviewer highly recommends that you take the chance to be moved and read this book.

This review was submitted by Kristin - Kristin is a wife, homeschooling mom and the founder of The Book Trotter. She wrote her first review over 20 years ago and has been reading and loving books ever since.

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